Spartanburg County deputies are investigating a string of car break-ins that all happened in subdivisions near Moore on Friday night.Four of the break-ins were discovered in the Bordeaux subdivision Saturday morning."My neighbor had gotten broken into, and he came and rang my door, and I went over and saw his car," said Tom Soltau. "And I said 'Hope nobody else got broken into.' Then I actually came over and looked, and I saw glass on the ground here next to my car."The rear windshield of Soltau's car was smashed in and his golf clubs had been stolen."It was just the wrong thing to happen. It really made me mad," Soltau said.Deputies received reports of similar break-ins outside homes in the Carmel subdivision and the Mill Brook subdivision on Saturday morning.Only one of the seven victims reported leaving his car unlocked. In the other six, a window was smashed in. In one case, the window was smashed in, but nothing was stolen from the car.Lt. Tony Ivey said the cases seemed to be related based on initial appearance, but that it would be premature to say for sure whether they were all related before an investigator could examine the crimes.Several hundred dollars worth of items were reported stolen from the cars.

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. —

Spartanburg County deputies are investigating a string of car break-ins that all happened in subdivisions near Moore on Friday night.

Four of the break-ins were discovered in the Bordeaux subdivision Saturday morning.

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"My neighbor had gotten broken into, and he came and rang my door, and I went over and saw his car," said Tom Soltau. "And I said 'Hope nobody else got broken into.' Then I actually came over and looked, and I saw glass on the ground here next to my car."

The rear windshield of Soltau's car was smashed in and his golf clubs had been stolen.

"It was just the wrong thing to happen. It really made me mad," Soltau said.

Deputies received reports of similar break-ins outside homes in the Carmel subdivision and the Mill Brook subdivision on Saturday morning.

Only one of the seven victims reported leaving his car unlocked. In the other six, a window was smashed in. In one case, the window was smashed in, but nothing was stolen from the car.

Lt. Tony Ivey said the cases seemed to be related based on initial appearance, but that it would be premature to say for sure whether they were all related before an investigator could examine the crimes.

Several hundred dollars worth of items were reported stolen from the cars.